# Top 20 Angel Investors in Kazakhstan in June 2026 ## Murat Abdrakhmanov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines. ## Bas Godska - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021). Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano. Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion. As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns. ## Talgat Ismail - Type: Angel - Location: Almaty, Almaty City, Kazakhstan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Learning, Apps, Cooking Talgat Ismail ## Adil Nurgozhin - Type: Angel - Location: Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, FinTech Adil joined I2BF in 2012 as an Investment Director and the Head of the Kazakh office for the Russia-Kazakhstan Nanotechnology Fund. His previous experience is diverse across fields such as law, business development and financial investments. He is a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor with a deep knowledge of the Central Asian market. Priorto joining I2BF, he spent 5 years in various executive positions executing investments for the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna and the Regional Financial Center of Almaty. Adil holds a degree in International Law, he has an MBA and MPA. ## Askar Dostiyarov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Apps Askar Dostiyarov is an angel investor and Managing Partner at Meridian Capital Limited. He attended the Wharton School. ## Thomas Wolf - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Thomas Wolf is the Chief Science Officer at Hugging Face. He previously worked at Cabinet Plasseraud as a European Patent Attorney. Thomas Wolf studied at Pierre and Marie Curie University studying Statistical / Quantum Physics. ## Kulveer Taggar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Kulveer Taggar is an angel investor and former CEO of Zeus. He holds a master's degree from the University of Oxford. ## Syrym Kaireshev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Syrym Kaireshev ## Madiyar Tuleuov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Madiyar Tuleuov is the CCO of the Sajda App and co-investor at Kwaaka. ## Chris Howard - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Chris Howard is the founder and Partner of Fuel Capital. Chris earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Occidental College and an M.B.A. from the University of Washington where he was a McGowan Scholar. ## Gustav Söderström - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, B2B, Internet Gustav Söderström is based out of Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, and is the Co-CEO, CPO, and CTO of Spotify. Gustav previously worked at Yahoo Finance as a Director of Business Development. Gustav Söderström attended Södertörn University. Gustav Söderström has been certified in Machine Learning. ## Olzhas Akbayev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Olzhas Akbayev is the CEO and Founder of Wedo. ## Bakht Niyazov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 From 1997 through 2003 Bakht Niyazov worked in the state system of securities market regulation and was a member of Kazakhstan stock exchange board of directors.In 2004 founded Real-invest.kz, a trading company, without using any borrowed capital. 4 years later the company became one of the leaders at the securities and mutual funds market;company capitalization grew from $50k to $25 mln. Under the guidance of Niyazov, Real-invest.kz participated in the introduction of and placement of shares and bonds of 10 companies, including Gosprodkorporatsiya, ATF-Bank, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Engineering. The total value of transactions exceeded $500 mln.Apart from the stock market, Bakht Niyazov is experienced in private equity investments.In 2009 he founded a microloan provider – Real-Credit. Within a year the company became one of the top players in terms of portfolio yield, a number of loans and market share. In 2014 launched a VIP passenger transportation service in Moscow – CyberTransRu. In 2010 founded an investment company – DIFC – that provides financing to projects in the international market. In 2015 became a co-founder of a revolutionary project in the biotechnologies field – MeiraGTx.Over 18 years of experience in executive positions in the banking and investment sectors. ## Marlen Shokhitbayev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Marlen Shokhitbayev ## Timur Turlov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Logistics, Transportation, Information Technology Timur Turlov is the chief executive officer and director at Freedom Holding. ## Yeldar Tolesh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Business Process Automation (BPA) Yeldar Tolesh is a angel investor. ## Nariman Zakirov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Nariman Zakirov ## Ermek Ashkenov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Apps Ermek Ashkenov is a Co-founder at Prosper Pay. ## Evgeny Chebatkov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Video, Creative Agency, Artificial Intelligence Evgeny Chebatkov is a blogger and co-founder of Fabula. ## Aman Alimbayev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Aman Alimbayev is an Independent financial consultant. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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